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...other steel products. He apparently had no difficulty distributing $40,000 in bribes to various officials. Only one of the 106 payoffs proffered was rejected, and that was because the amount was deemed too paltry. Said U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani: "Compared to other states, New York is a much friendlier place to corrupt politicians, crooked businessmen and organized criminals...
Under Rehnquist, the court already seems friendlier and more collegial in tone. Many at the court considered the former Chief manipulative, believing, for example, that he assigned opinions in dreary cases to Justices as punishment. Rehnquist is less formal and bureaucratic than his predecessor, and "doesn't take himself that seriously," says a former clerk. In the conferences, where Justices announce their intended votes and reasons, the Chief describes each case briefly and gives his views first. Burger sometimes rambled on and lost his place. Rehnquist is expected to state the issues more sharply and succinctly. The discussion will...
...were tough-minded men who at times had dealt savagely -- and in one case murderously -- with their charges. But the ten to twelve gunmen who came aboard during the plane's second stopover in Beirut were of a different stripe: they were militiamen of the mainstream Amal organization, far friendlier than the original terrorists, and they seemed to influence the very character of the hijacking. When Flight 847 landed at Beirut on Sunday for the third time in as many days, the remaining passengers were taken to unknown locations, probably in the poor Shi'ite neighborhoods around the airport...
...demonstrations erupted and a local court banned the meeting. Veterans of the 3rd SS Armored Division did gather in the village of Oberaula in the Hessian hills, but so did 5,000 anti- Nazi demonstrators and 700 helmeted police. The welcome in Nesselwang is not expected to be much friendlier: an anti-SS rally has been scheduled for next week...
...everyone is content with the cover charge, however. "It's upsetting that it went up to $3.99," said Cabot House resident and frequent Cookin'-goer Sharon Kantrowitz '85. "You go a friendlier feeling when it cost less money...